The Nashville Municipal Auditorium, which opened in October of 1962, is located on James Robertson Parkway. Designed by Marr and Holman, the auditorium has three levels and seats 10,550 people. This view shows Municipal Auditorium under...
A photograph of Mrs. Naff standing in front of the ticket booth at the Ryman Auditorium. The building is located at 116 5th Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The Ryman Auditorium opened as a tabernacle in 1892, and over the years its venue...
A photograph of the Ryman Auditorium located at 116 5th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. Built as the Union Gospel Tabernacle in 1892, the structure was designed by architect Hugh Thompson for worship, but is perhaps best-known as the one-time...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol and Tennessee State Office Building, along with the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. The Nashville Municipal Auditorium was the primary indoor sports and concert venue in Nashville from the time of its...
A photograph of the Commerce Building (pictured on left) and Auditorium (pictured on right) at the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, circa 1897. These non-extant structures were built for the celebration of Tennessee's 100th year...
A signed concert program from the one night only performance, Rubinoff and his Violin, with piano duo Jacques Fray & Mario Braggiotti presented at the Ryman Auditorium on February 16, 1938. The concert was sponsored by Al Menah Shrine Temple. The...
A souvenir program from a concert performed by Lucrezia Bori, a celebrated Spanish operatic singer. The show was at the Ryman Auditorium on November 26, 1926, presented by the Board of the Martha O'Bryan Settlement. The Ryman Auditorium is...
A photograph of Inglewood Baptist Church located at 3901 Gallatin Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. This congregation was established in 1923 and began meeting in a small home on Shelton Avenue. In the late 1920s the congregation began meeting on...
A postcard of the Nashville city skyline taken from the Jefferson Street Bridge looking south, down the Cumberland River. The Railroad Bridge is visible, as is the Victory Memorial Bridge, just behind it. Other discernable landmarks include the...
A 1956 shopping and visitors map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The streets are labeled with address numbers and building names. A straight listing of prominent buildings and stores by category is also included on the lower portion of the...
A skyline view of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, photographed from South Nashville looking northwest, circa August 1950. Several buildings and landmarks are visible in this photograph, such as the Tennessee State Capitol, Bennie Dillon Building...
Liberace, a famous American pianist and vocalist, was welcomed to Nashville by Mayor Ben West and Harry Draper, Manager of the Ryman Auditorium, circa 1950s. This media publicity event took place at the Berry Field, Nashville Airport. Liberace was...
Celebrity entertainer Rosemary Clooney, as she appeared at the WSM Sunday Down South Show, and the Grand Ole Opry at Ryman Auditorium. The performance date was in February, 1953. She also met Mayor and Mrs. Ben West at the Richland Club. A year...
An aerial photograph of downtown Nashville, photographed for The Nashville Banner, by photographer John Morgan circa 1954. The view includes the urban landscape from the area adjacent to the Tennessee State Capitol building, south to Demonbreun...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Corinne Frazier Calhoun Bailey, conducted on 14 February 1982 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Bailey, who was the daughter of Tyler Calhoun, a Nashville...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nell Barnes, conducted on 7 August 1982 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Barnes discusses attending theatrical and musical performance at venues such at...
An advertising announcement for a performance by Lieut. John Philip Sousa and his band on October 27, 1922, at the Ryman Auditorium, located on Fifth Avenue North in downtown Nashville. Sousa was an American composer and conductor known...
A program for a recital by Marian Anderson on February 5, 1932, at the Ryman Auditorium, located on Fifth Avenue North in downtown Nashville. Marian Anderson was an African American contralto, most remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday,...
A program from a dance program performed by Anna Pavlowa and her Ballet Russe on February 27, 1924, presented on tour by concert agent-impresario Sol Hurok. The show was at the Ryman Auditorium on Fifth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. Anna...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville doctor and urologist Henry L. Douglass, conducted on 11 November 1981 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Douglass discusses events he attended and...